Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7abad72e7e229456…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-15 15:01:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 99e531a36f0adb245cd12b987c7e49b4 SHA-1: 58b95509f7005c14bf7fc69c520a88d7723af210 SHA-256: 7abad72e7e2294561d8a10efcd2119660b19dcc6cc685109f8cd8070667a9653
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to various domains, many of which appear to be disposable or compromised hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The file's structure and numerous external links suggest it functions as a link farm to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=horizontal+axis+wind+mill PDF link annotation
    • http://www.slenderclub.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nevadefajupulamomukura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puisan.ru/uploads/file/93224688639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtcnx.com/upload/fckimagesfile/82497865912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vita24h.com/uploads/userfiles/file/40159756551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/426d380d219cbf1de585a2765475ad6a/37666731066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137c7eebe201---88727050080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bdata.vn/upload/files/17921692888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d3dfc24355---60034735249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dbhattacharjee.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuxawusufaxupugetelaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szjwwj.com/userfiles/file///tefolowizetifuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banquat.com/userfiles/files/45819845378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elcolono.net/userfiles/files/kedavuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blbr365.com/userfiles/file/1630773007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://warehousetraining.ie/images/rixoguzelobetidinuforubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keralatemples.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wipiborefexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intersat.lv/files/file/57514839063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaitinhdien.com/app/webroot/upload/files/bebopetibeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mbjarrahi.com/UploadedFiles/New/file/79585903863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starfishdowney.com/uploads/files/89655952543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chronocertif.com/userfiles/file/natijokifibojejegejujila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://copingconversations.com/userfiles/file/kakigapitifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pecsimutargygaleria.hu/files/file/sowogigexopimikuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e14a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE14A 10516 bytes
SHA-256: a48d2b2814cff5f60ddf296122d4e8d78545812b347713267a95ab5579b5c8a0
font_01_sfnt_off0000f93e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF93E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011150.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11150 18460 bytes
SHA-256: 530dc970a53c8af57a5d9f12303d63c50b15c28a76debc4ca5eea019f44dd177